The news came up recently that last year South Korean men spent $495
million on skincare; making South Korea the largest market in the whole
world. This amount could increase by 75% this year according to
Amorepacific, South Korea's biggest cosmetics company.

Since Korean uses a different alphabet you cannot type Korean on Windows 7 with the default keyboard settings.
Fortunately it takes only 1 minute to add Korean Keyboard input method in Windows. Here you will find a video tutorial and a full description to achieve it.

PSY's worldwide success just surpassed all the previous records set by Korean singers. Gangnam Style just ranked 64th on the latest US Billboard chart. The previous best rank for a Korean singer was set by the Wonder Girls (ranked 76th).

PSY's song is now in the US iTunes Top 10! It will certainly be difficult for other Korean artists to beat these new records. Maybe PSY's next song?

When he released Gangnam Style, PSY didn't expect that his song would
have such a great success all over the planet (almost 160 million views
on Youtube).

The video clip became viral and many video
parodies and covers have been posted until now. Here you will find the best Gangnam Style's videosranked by categories : funny, video game, music mashups, sexy, parody, cosplay, country parody, instrument, flashmobs...

I will post a serie of articles on what to do / what to see in Seoul and in Korea. For the 1st article I will write about something that I consider worth to see in Seoul, but still quite unknown : The banpo Bridge (반포대교).

Indeed usually tourists don't know much about it, and don't go to see it. Even many of my Korean friends haven't seen it yet! You would miss something if you leave Korea before getting there.

As a foreigner, one thing that surprised me when I first visited Seoul is that I couln't find and postcard or souvenirs to send to my family / friends.
Even when visiting the tourists spots, there was no postcard there! Then my korean friends let me know a street in Seoul dedicated to that : The place you need to go is named Insadong (인사동).